Month: May 2010

More updates from Super-Artist John May – After much deliberation of how best to attach the bust, (including cutting out the head portion and blending it into the neck) John & I decided not to sacrifice any of the excellent original sculpt and instead cut the mannequin to mold it seamlessly into the torso. …

With only a few more installments before the conclusion of this rare set the serialisation will continue with another BRAVO collectors treasure – an oversize painted poster of Reeve’s Superman in 24 parts to assemble!! Look out for Part I in the coming weeks…

Some rare images taken from the shooting of Superman II in New York City during 1977 depicting Lois leap of faith from Perry White’s office window at the Daily Planet in an effort to expose Clark Kent. Director Richard Donner and Cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth position Margot Kidder on the fruit stand for her close-ups after …

An ambitious (and expensive) project of a lifetime, this culmination of years of research and prototypes has yielded what will hopefully become a definitive Christopher Reeve lifesize display. I must pass my sincere thanks to friend and SuperFan Chris King for commissioning the incredible limited bust (by an anonymous artist) and importing the Six/Six muscular …

Despite being over thirty years old Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie offers something new on every watch. Eagle eyed SuperFan Paul Hernandez has gone one better, however and found the ultimate in blink-and-you’ll-miss-it revelations – the death of Jor-El. Quite how this has evaded detection until now is anybody’s guess!

Early concepts of either the Krypton landscape or Fortress of Solitude under the rays of the Red Sun. Above, a detailed rendering of Earth’s Moon. From a large set of Dovemead Ltd. Art Dept. Production ephemera acquired from the Propstore of London, these transparencies chart the evolution of John Barry’s world of Crystalline as portrayed …